<HTML style="FONT-SIZE: x-small; FONT-FAMILY: MS Sans Serif"><HEAD><TITLE></TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content=text/html;charset=ISO-8859-1> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2800.1400" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY text=#000000 bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV>A deceptively euphemistic way to make the customer feel better, or maybe just less bad.  But let's not confuse the math, 100% markup means double the cost.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV> <DIV>David Love</DIV> <DIV><A href="mailto:davidlovepianos@earthlink.net">davidlovepianos@earthlink.net</A></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt Arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=tcole@cruzio.com href="mailto:tcole@cruzio.com">Thomas Cole</A> </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To: </B><A title=bsutton@whiteserv.com href="mailto:bsutton@whiteserv.com">Bob Sutton</A>;<A title=pianotech@ptg.org href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org">Pianotech</A></DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> 6/9/2004 7:48:33 PM </DIV> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Stock & Inventory?</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV><FONT size=2>Doubling the price you paid for it is referred to in sales as 50% markup - 50% of the selling price is the cost and the other 50% is the markup. It sounds less like you're gouging the customers that way.<BR><BR>Tom Cole<BR><BR>Bob Sutton wrote:<BR> <BLOCKQUOTE cite=mid002601c44e6f$c5ee4640$97251645@maria type="cite"><PRE wrap="">That would be a 100% markup, wouldn't it? Bob Sutton League City, TX ----- Original Message ----- From: "Don" <A class=moz-txt-link-rfc2396E href="mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca"><pianotuna@accesscomm.ca></A> To: "Pianotech" <A class=moz-txt-link-rfc2396E href="mailto:pianotech@ptg.org"><pianotech@ptg.org></A> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 3:21 PM Subject: Re: Stock & Inventory? </PRE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><PRE wrap="">Hi Rick, Mark up should be 50%. I.E. if it costs you 1.00 sell it for 2.00. At 07:31 AM 09/06/2004 -0700, you wrote: </PRE> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"><PRE wrap=""> How much to mark-up do you put on the products you sell? Rick Bazemore Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger </PRE></BLOCKQUOTE><PRE wrap="">Regards, Don Rose, B.Mus., A.M.U.S., A.MUS., R.P.T. <A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca">mailto:pianotuna@accesscomm.ca</A> <A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/">http://us.geocities.com/drpt1948/</A> 3004 Grant Rd. REGINA, SK S4S 5G7 306-352-3620 or 1-888-29t-uner _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: <A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</A> </PRE></BLOCKQUOTE><PRE wrap=""> --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (<A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="http://www.grisoft.com">http://www.grisoft.com</A>). Version: 6.0.701 / Virus Database: 458 - Release Date: 06/07/2004 _______________________________________________ pianotech list info: <A class=moz-txt-link-freetext href="https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives">https://www.moypiano.com/resources/#archives</A> </PRE></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML>